This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct errors in SI 2000/2990 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 1616
DISABLED PERSONS
TRANSPORT, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Taxis)(Carrying of Guide Dogs etc.)(England and Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2006
Made
16th June 2006
Laid before Parliament
22nd June 2006
Coming into force
17th July 2006
The Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 37(8)(b) and (9) and 67(2) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995(1).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Taxis)(Carrying of Guide Dogs etc.)(England and Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 17th July 2006.
Amendments
2.—(1) The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Taxis)(Carrying of Guide Dogs etc.)(England and Wales) Regulations 2000(2) shall be amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph (2) of regulation 2 there shall be substituted—
“(2) The prescribed manner of exhibiting a notice of exemption for the purposes of section 37(8)(b) of the 1995 Act shall be—
(a)by displaying it—
(i)on the nearside of and immediately behind the windscreen of the taxi facing outwards; and
(ii)in a manner that readily permits its removal;
(b)so that—
(i)its front is clearly visible from the outside of the taxi; and
(ii)its back is clearly visible from the driver’s seat of the taxi.”.
(3) For Part 2 of Schedule 1 there shall be substituted the content of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
(4) For Part 2 of Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the content of Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Gillian Merron
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
16th June 2006
Regulation 2(3)
SCHEDULE 1
“2. FORM OF BACK OF NOTICE OF EXEMPTION IN ENGLAND
”
Regulation 2(4)
SCHEDULE 2
“2. FORM OF BACK OF NOTICE OF EXEMPTION IN WALES
”
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 37 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 imposes a duty on taxi drivers to carry an assistance dog, without additional charge, when it accompanies a disabled person. It also provides that a taxi driver may be exempted from this obligation on medical grounds.
Regulation 2 amends the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Taxis)(Carrying of Guide Dogs etc.)(England and Wales) Regulations 2000 in respect of the manner in which the exemption notice should be displayed by the exempted taxi driver and the wording on the back of the exemption notice. The notice must be displayed on the windscreen; display on the dashboard is no longer permitted.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities or voluntary bodies.